Safety device for use in milking cows



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SAFETY DEVICE FOR USE IN MILKING COWS.

Patented June 2,1891.

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SAFETY DEVICE FOR USE IN MILKING COWS.

No. 453,498. Patented June 2,1891.

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CHRISTOPHER C. PALMER, OF BANTAM, CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR USE IN MILKING COWS. 4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,498, dated June 2,.1891.

Application filed January 26, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER O. PALMER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bantam,inthe countyof Litchfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyDevices for Use in Milking Cows; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of the invention and is aperspective view. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the fender-- board. Fig. 3is a vertical section, and Fig. 4t is a top view, of head part of stall.

This invention has relation to safety devices for use in milking cows;and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to provide a frame-work of suchconstruction as will insure safety to the milker and prevent the cowfrom overturning the pail, and at the same time to make this frame-workof such construction and. to provide it with such suitable gearing aswill enable the operator to conveniently adjust the device in any stall.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the head part of the stall,and the cow is shown with itshead inclosed in the stanchions, one bar ofwhich is fixed, and the other bar a is movable and extends through and alittle above the top timber of the head-frame, and which may be fastenedor unfastened by means of the latch b, in the end of which a rectangularnotch is out to partly surround the upper end of the movable bar a.

C is the movable milking-chair, and is of the following, construction:Two broad side pieces 0 c, with the cross-piece d, all fastened firmlytogether, form the frame proper. The lower front portions of the pieces0 c are provided with slots 6 e for the reception of the adjustablefender-board D. The fender-board is introduced in the slot in eitherside and is pushed through in front of the cows hind Serial No. 379,154.(No model.)

legs and into the slot in the opposite side piece, and is provided withnotches ff, whereby it is sufficiently secured, and thus danger from thekicking of the animal is averted. Near the base and on the outer face ofeach side piece 0 is a flange g, which serves as a rest for the slidingfoot-rail E, which foot-rail prevents the cow from stepping back orkicking. Guides h h serve to keep this rail in normal position, allowingonly a rectilinear horizontal motion.

On the inner face and near the base of each side piece 0 is pivoted alocking-lever it, provided on its base with projecting pins 00 :12,whereby the foot-rail E may be secured in any desired position. Also onthe inner face of each side piece 0, at about the levelof the floor ofthe stall, is fastened a guide-bar m, which projects forward beyond thefront edge of the side piece 0 and serves as a guide and rest for thesliding shelf at, which in turn serves as a rest for the pail orreceptacle for the milk.

At 12 in one side piece is fastened one end of a rope provided with ahook at the other end. The rope is of such length that it may be passedover the back of the animal and caught or secured in an aperture oraround the edge of the other side piece.

The milking-chair rests on rollers which permit it to move forward andbackward in each stall, and at the same time it is suspended from anoverhead beam or other suitable device by means of ropes passing throughthe eyes 0 0, whereby it may be moved along the series of stalls.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In a safety device for milking cows, the combination of the movableframe consisting of the two upright side pieces and the top cross-piece,the removable fender-board held by the side pieces, the sliding andadjustable foot-rail, the locking-levers 7a, pivoted to said side piecesand adapted to hold said foot-rail in adjustment, and the shelf orpail-rest in front of and supported by said side pieces or arms therein,substantially as specified.

2. The device for the purpose herein doscribed, comprising the framesupported on In testimony whereof Iaffix my signatuie in rollers andsuspended from an overhead suppresence of two Witnesses. port, saidframe having the fender-board rev 1 movably held in slots in the sidepieces there- CHRISTOPHER C. PALMER. 5 of, the adjustable and slidingfoot-rail, and the shelf or pail-rest supported by said side piecesWitnesses: or arms thereof, together with a back strap HIRAM STONE; orcord, substantially as specified. CHARLES B. BISHOP.

